May 31, 2013 | News, News/PR
An Austrian lumber company plans to build a $130 million sawmill near Live Oak, Florida employing 350 people, a project touted as a shot in the arm to the local economy while also raising concerns about its impact on the timber supply and competing sawmills as well as...
May 17, 2013 | News, News/PR
The North Carolina House of Representatives was scheduled to take a final vote on proposed legislation that may bar the use of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design rating system on public projects. Nucor Corp. recently issued a statement in support of the...
May 13, 2013 | News, News/PR
Foresters with the South Carolina Forestry Commission have developed guidelines that address the emerging practice of harvesting woody biomass for energy. Biomass generates energy. Forest products manufacturers have known this for generations and have produced their...
May 10, 2013 | News, News/PR
Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has decided to fully rebuild a state tree nursery in eastern Kentucky that had been devastated by a tornado last year. The state had been considering to divert insurance claim money to fill a budget gap. Woodland owners and the Kentucky...
May 8, 2013 | News, News/PR
The people whose livelihood depends on forests have a message for Georgia’s tree huggers, and they’re launching a campaign next week to deliver it. The campaign kicks off May 14 in an auditorium at the Atlanta headquarters of Georgia-Pacific, a company founded in...
May 6, 2013 | News, News/PR
An Idaho company has bought a shuttered sawmill in Coushatta, Louisiana and plans to reopen it later this year, creating 90 jobs, Gov. Bobby Jindal said Tuesday. The mill closed in 2008 because of the recession. Idaho Timber LLC, of Boise, is renovating the mill...
